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Santiago Calatrava The Bridges (Universe Architecture Series)

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I'm not an architect, but I do appreciate great architecture - and this is a really beautiful book with lots of high-quality photographs of Calatrava's work worldwide. It's a study in how good architecture can fit into - and enhance - a site's natural setting. And it's just a great book to peruse. Perfect for the coffee table or the architect's bookshelf.

Wonderful bridge designs that entertain both fields of asthethics and engineering. It proves that there still is design in civil architecture.

This small, but big enough, book well published on semi-glossy paper and with excellent photos, elevations, sections, models, plans, hand drawings in color, and short text descriptions, depicts 50 bridges designed by Calatrava. It presents a wide variety of constructions in a superior way in any respect. The bridges are balanced structures using utilitarian materials and in a harmonious relationship with the environment where they have been erected.
CONTENTS:
18 Featured Project List
21 Acknowledgments
23 Introduction
28 Chapter 1: Alpine Bridges
55 Chapter 2: Rethinking Bridges
125 Chapter 3: Bridges in the Natural Landscape
176 Chapter 4: Bridges and Landscapes of History
203 Chapter 5: Bridges in Communities
243 Chapter 6: Bridge-Buildings
259 Epilogue: "Where / and You Meet"
265 Selected Bibliography
267 Biography
FEATURED PROJECT LIST:
34 Walensee Bridge, Walensee, Switzerland, 1979
38 Acleta Alpine Motor Bridge, Disentis, Switzerland, 1979
46 Biaschina Viaduct, Biaschina, Switzerland, 1979
50 Schemes for the IABSE, Zurich, Switzerland, 1979
62 Caballeros Footbridge, Lerida, Spain, 1985
68 Bach de Roda Bridge, Barcelona, Spain, 1985-87
78 Oudry-Mesly Footbridge, Creteil-Paris, France, 1987-88
82 Gran Via Bridge, Barcelona, Spain, 1989
83 lIe Falcon Viaduct, Sierra, Switzerland, 1993
84 Oresund Link, Malmo, Sweden / Copenhagen, Denmark, 1993
85 Poole Harbour Bridge, Portsmouth, England, 1995
86 East London River Crossing, London, England, 1990
87 Serpis Bridge, Alcoy, Spain, 1992
88 Sundsvall Bridge, Sundsvall, Sweden, 1995
89 Reuss Footbridge, Fluelen-Seedorf, Switzerland, 1989
90 Gentil Bridge, Paris, France, 1988
92 Miraflores Bridge, Cordoba, Spain, 1989
93 Cascine Footbridge, Milan, Italy, 1987
94 Wettstein Bridge, Basel, Switzerland, 1988
96 Médoc Swingbridge, Bordeaux, France, 1991
98 Alamillo Bridge, Seville, Spain, 1987-92
108 Trinity Footbridge Salford, England, 1993-95
112 Petah Tikva Footbridge Petah Tikva, Israel, 1998-2005
116 Serreria Bridge, Valencia, Spain, 1992-
130 Lusitania Bridge, Mérida, Spain, 1988-91
138 La Devesa Footbridge, Ripoll, Spain, 1989-91
144 Puerto Bridge, Ondarroa, Spain, 1989-91
148 New Bridge over the Vecchio, Corsica, France, 1990
150 Sundial Bridge, Redding, california, 1995-2004
156 Mimico Creek Bridge Toronto, canada, 1996-98
158 Pont de `Europe/Pont d'Orléans Orleans, France, 1996-2000
162 Trinity River Signature Bridges, Dallas, Texas, 1998-
166 Bridges over the Hoofdvaart, Hootddorp, Netherlands, 1999-2004
184 9 d'Octubre Bridge, Valencia, Spain, 1986-88
190 Oberbaum Bridge, Berlin, Germany, 1991-96
192 KronprinZen Bridge, Berlin, Germany, 1991-96
194 Solferino Footbridge, Paris, France, 1992
196 St. Paul's Footbridge, London, England, 1994
198 Quarto Ponte sul Canal Grande Venice, Italy, 1996-
208 Campo Volantin Footbridge, Bilbao, Spain, 1990-97
214 Alameda Bridge, Valencia, Spain, 1991-95
220 Hospital Bridges, Murcia, Spain, 1993-99
224 Manrique Footbridge Murcia, Spain, 1994-99
226 Puente de Ia Mujer, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1998-2001
232 James Joyce Bridge Dublin, Ireland, 1998-2003
236 Macken Street Bridge, Dublin, Ireland, 1998-
238 Light Rail Train Bridge, Jerusalem, Israel, 2002-
246 Milwaukee Art Museum Footbridge, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1994-2001
250 Alcoy Community Hall Alcoy, Spain, 1992-95
254 Oriente Station, Lisbon, Portugal, 1993-98